履遊趣 Feetour - Special Children's storybooks

It is said that "A book can show you the path to take, but shoes take you down that path."

Feetour combines children's books and shoes, to show children the way and then give they the "shoes" to take them to that destination.

Each book in this series of five books refers to a distinct ancient culture, which includes Chinese, Indian, Greek, Egyptian and Mayan. The stories are folktales of the cultures, and every story has drawings that portray unique artistic characteristics of that culture. Using traditional shoe styles and different bookbinding will inspire children's sense of touch and sight, and guide their imagination to have world adventures of their own.

「履遊趣」是一套能夠賞玩、閱讀且適合收藏的兒童造型書籍，作品的發想來自於，「讀萬卷書，行萬里路」，書本將世界介紹給我們，而鞋子會帶著我們到達世界的各個角落。「履遊趣」將書籍與鞋子做結合，利用一雙雙的鞋子帶領兒童走進一個個不同的國度裡。

挑選出各文明最具特色的民間文學，中國、印度、古希臘、古埃及與馬雅等五個文化，並且利用當地的繪畫風格、傳統的鞋子造型，營造出該文明的特色，再以各種不同的翻閱方式，藉由視覺與觸覺的刺激使兒童更能暢遊其中。

Chinese-The Brave Tiger 中國：猛虎救母

Each pair of shoe-books contains one tranditional folktale. The Right foot is in Chinese, and the left foot is in English.

The Chinese shoes are designed from the Chinese tiger shoes, which are commonly worn by babies in the countryside of China even today. The toe caps of these shoes are made into a tiger's head. In Chinese, a tiger head is believed to drive evil spirits away. Illustrations are done in the style with Chinese traditional woodblock print.

一套造型童書包含著一個當地的名間故事，鞋子的右腳是中文版本的故事(包含注音)；左腳是英文版本。

中國的鞋子造型來自虎頭鞋，是一種中國傳統民間手工藝製作的童鞋，因鞋頭呈虎頭模樣，故稱虎頭鞋，通常用來送給小朋友當作除惡魔、保平安的護身符。故事的插畫以中國版畫風格繪製。

For children, the shoes of Feetour are made of waterproof and tear-resistant German natural washable kraft paper.

鞋面是採用德國的水洗牛皮紙製作與加工，具有撕不破與防水的特性，使產品更加耐用。

Indian-The Brahman, the Tiger and the Jackal 印度：老虎，婆羅門與狼

The Indian shoes are designed from Mojari. This style of shoe was handcrafted and produced in Punjab Pakistan and India.

The story is illustrated with the KALAMKARI painting style. Kalamkari is the art of hand-painting on textile using colors extracted from plant roots and vegetables.

鞋子造型的設計來自名為莫佳莉(Mojari) 的鞋子，這種手工的鞋子在巴吉斯坦以及印度都極為盛行，其特色是鞋頭形狀尖尖且往上翹起，並搭配精細的繡花與裝飾。書中的插圖風格是印度的 KALAMKARI，是一種畫在布料上的繪畫，用的是取自於草木的天然顏料，這種風格起源於宗教用途，用繪畫讓人們瞭解神的故事與傳說。

Greek-The Trojan War 希臘：特洛伊戰爭

The Greek shoes are designed from Tsarouchia. Tsarouchia is Ancient Greek traditional hand crafted leather shoes and is known as part of the traditional uniform worn by the Greek presidential guards.

The story is illustrated with red figure vase painting, which was invented in Athens, 530 B.C.. This style is characterized by figures being drawn in the original red-orange of the clay with a black background.

鞋子的設計是參考薩洛伊鞋(Tsarouhi)，他是一雙皮製木底鞋，現今主要為希臘總統護衛隊，埃夫佐尼(Evzones)所穿。故事中採用插畫是古希臘的紅繪式瓶畫 ( 530 ~ 500 BC )，是古希臘人在各式的瓶子上，用特殊顏料繪製、燒陶而成的作品，其最顯著的特色是黑色、橘紅色與精緻的線條。

Egyptian-Tale of Two Brothers 埃及：兩兄弟的故事

The shoes are designed from Pharaohs' sandals, which even had two pictures of the traditional enemies of Egypt depicted on the sole. This was to symbolically represent the Pharaoh trampling his enemies and keeping the Egypt safe.
The story is illustrated with the papyrus painting, and add some Egyptian hieroglyphs in the story to make it more fascinating.

這雙鞋子的設計來自新王國時期的法老，圖坦卡門，原本這雙涼鞋鞋底分別繪有黑人與亞洲人，被莎草葉莖緊緊綑綁的圖案，當法老穿上這雙鞋時，就像將敵人踩在腳下，象徵著法老至高無上的權力。
故事使用的插畫是古埃及壁畫的繪畫手法，襯著沙草紙的底紋，並且穿插埃及象形文字在故事中增添閱讀趣味。

Mayan- A Story of Ixchel 馬雅：伊克斯的故事

The shoes are designed from Huaraches. They are a type of woven leather sandals. These leather sandals can be found all over North and South America. The story is illustrated with the Mayan Stelae, and have Maya script in the story.

鞋子的設計來自 Huarache，是用多條細皮革編織成的涼鞋，在南美洲隨處可見，這種編織方法也被廣泛的運用在現今的鞋款中。故事中的繪畫呈現的是馬雅文明的石柱浮雕藝術，故事中也穿插著馬雅文明的象形文字。